State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs' Contribution to the United States' Viral Suppression, 2015-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) provide HIV medication access for people with HIV (PWH) with low incomes in the United States (US). We quantified the proportion of viral suppression (VS) that is from ADAP clients for 2015-2022.

Methods

For 2015-2022, we obtained viral load (VL) test results and VS data from publicly available, jurisdiction-level data on ADAP clients and PWH. We report descriptive statistics including the proportion of PWH with a VL who had VS and were supported by ADAPs.

Results

After excluding jurisdictions with missing data, PWH who were included in the analysis for each year was 63.7-96.4%. VS for PWH each year was 60-66.3%. VS for ADAP clients was 81.2%-91.4%. In all years, compared to all PWH, a lower proportion of ADAP cli

SUBMITTER: McManus KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11998837 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature